Apple News No Longer Supports RSS

Post by netfl0 » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 3:43 AM UTC

jauke wrote: post #113

jbigelow76 wrote: post #97

I'm not surprised to hear this considering what an out-of-gate unquestionable home run Apple News has been.I mean, it's been such monster success that Apple knows even its dumpster fire of a UX and god awful search functionality aren't enough to keep away the literal dozens of users it has. With no where else to turn for news the Apple faithful will just have to accept that Apple's decision to not support RSS really…

85 million monthly active users according to Apple.

Post by modmans2nd » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 4:11 AM UTC

skyyler wrote: post #11

modmans2nd wrote: post #4

Flipboard is better than any news app I’ve used

I've never used it. Why do you like Flipboard? Why do you dislike other news apps? How much does it cost? If it's free, how do they monetise?

Post by manigandham » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 4:28 AM UTC

iscrewyou wrote: post #3

newscracker wrote: post #2

Apple News was already flakey and unreliable in the sources (websites) it would allow to be added. With its highly limited geographical availability (years after launching) and its problematic focus on News+, I switched back to a plain RSS Reader to follow specific sites. Apple News seems like a niche product with hardly any technical effort put into it. In comparison, Google News, with its ads, generally looks like…

Which RSS reader do you use?

Post by city41 » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 4:38 AM UTC

saagarjha wrote: post #192

erikpukinskis wrote: post #34

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Apple's hijacking of links, addresses, etc, is possibly their top abuse of power. The other possible top abuse is the way they block you in your group messages if you switch from iPhone to Android.

I'm not even sure their engineers understand how annoying it is. They've implemented links in such a horrible way, and it's gotten worse with time (for example, there is a feature where if you open a link and have the right associated app installed, it will open the link in the app. There used to be a way to force the link to open in Safari in case you didn't want to open the app; it'd show up in the top right. The f…

Post by userbinator » Sat, Dec 28, 2019, 5:03 AM UTC

catalogia wrote: post #149

sbarre wrote: post #88

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Apple Maps is still pretty far behind Google Maps. I don't have high hopes for News, given how much it keeps pushing features that are either user-unfriendly (giant ads in the middle of articles) or designed solely to push you to News+ I used to be a regular (many times a day) user and their changes have led me to stop using it entirely.

> Apple Maps is still pretty far behind Google Maps. Both fall well short of OSM for topics other than finding local businesses. OSM gives me incredible detail, even telling me where water fountains and benches are in the local park. Meanwhile Google Maps doesn't even recognize the restricted access road running through the park, let alone any of the walking trails, let alone any water fountains, benches, etc. If you…